Ukraine, Patriot and US missile
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The MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile systems has proved critical in helping shield Ukraine from Russian attacks.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday he will send Patriot air defense missiles to Ukraine, saying they are necessary to defend the country because Russian President Vladimir Putin "talks nice but then he bombs everybody in the evening.
Trump on Monday pledged to deliver more weapons to Ukraine, including vital Patriot air defence systems, and threatened to slap additional sanctions on Russia.
Donald Trump’s remarks on Ukraine on Monday were far from the biggest announcement the US president could have made.
NATO allies will buy arms, then give them to Ukraine, President Trump said. Patriot air defense systems, missiles and ammunition are among the American-made weapons NATO allies will buy under an arms deal brokered with President Trump to help Ukraine defend itself from Russian attacks, officials say.
President Trump has expressed growing support for NATO, saying that member nations are now "paying their own bills."